Bottle closure



1930. L. F. DALTON 1,785,890

BOTTLE CLOSURE Filed April 22, 1929 Inventor A ttarney Patented Dec. 23, 1930 r UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE LEO F. DALTON, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA BOTTLE cLosUnE Application filed April 22, 1929. Serial No. 357,055.

The present invention relates to bottle constructed very cheaply and because of the closures and has for its prime object the advertising matter thereon can be distributed provision of a device preferably made of a as advertising novelties. and used by the yieldable or flexible material such as rubber housewife or others for closing the milk hotn which is particularly adapted for use in contle after the usual paper closures have been nection with milk bottles taking place of the removed and also for the purpose of holding usual paper caps after said caps have been tickets and the like when the bottles are set removed and also to be placed on empty botout for collection by the milkman so that ties when the same are put out for the colnotes or the like may be delivered to the milk- 1" lection or by milkmen in order that notes, man as to the amount of milk to be left. tickets, money or the like may be convenient- Obviously the device may be capable of ly held for the attention of the milkman. other usages which it is not necessary to de- A still further very important object of tail here. 7 the invention resides in the provision of a It is thought that the construction, utility 35 closure of this nature which may be manuand advantages of the invention will now 65 factured at an exceedingly low cost, may be be quite apparent to those skilled in this art distributed as an advertising novelty and without a more detailed description thereof. will prove thoroughly efiicient for the pur- The present embodiment of the invention pose intended. has been disclosed in considerable detail 0 \Vith the above and numerous other obmerely for the purposes of exemplification 7 jects in view as will appear as the descripsince in actual practice it attains the features tion proceeds, the invention resides in cerof advantage enumerated as desirable in the tain novel features of construction, and in statement of the invention and the above the combination and arrangement of parts as description. will be hereinafter more fully described and It will be apparent that changes in the de- 75 claimed. tails of construction may be resorted to with- In the drawing: out departing from the spirit or scope of the Figure 1 is a sectional view through the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificupper portion of the neck of a milk bottle ing any-of its advantages.

showing one of my improved devices there- Having thus described my invention, what at in, r I claim as new is:

Figure 2 is an, elevation of the improved 1. In a bottle closure of the class described, device, and a thickened disk-shaped cap with an exten- Figure 3 is a top plan view thereof. sion rising therefrom adapted to be received 35 Referring to the drawing in detail it will within and completely cover the bottle, said 85 be seen that the numeral 5 denotes a cap extension having a slit therein for the relike body in the form of adisk, the upper ception of a card, surface a of which is convexed and may be 2. In a bottle closure of the class described, used for advertising purposes and at the a thickened diskshaped cap of yieldable and 40 uppermost point this upper surface emerges flexible material with an extension rising so into a relatively narrow cylindrical riser 6 therefrom adapted to be received within and formed with a vertical slit 7 so that a card 8, completely cover the bottle, said extension ticket, advertising matter, sign, money, etc, having therein a slit for the reception of a may be placed therein. card.

- The cap like body 5 may be engaged in 8. Inabottle closure of the class describe-cl, e5 7 the neck of the milk bottle similar to the a thick ned disk-shaped cap of yieldable and ordinary paper cap and as is illustrated in flexible material with an extension rising Figure 1. It is preferable to construct this therefrom adapted to be received within and device as a yieldable or flexible material such completely cover the bottle, said extension 30 as rubber. Obviously these devices may be having therein a slit for the reception of a it card, the upper surface of the cap being convexed and adapted to receive advertising matter.

4:. In a bottle closure of the class describe: 5 a thickened disk-shaped cap of yieldable and flexible material with an extension rising therefrom adapted to be received Within and completely cover the bottle, said extension having therein a slit for the reception of a 10 card, the upper surface of the cap being convexed and adapted to receive advertising nmtter, said extension being cylindrical and having a slit vertically and diametrically disposed with respect thereto for the reception of :1 card.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

LEO F. DALTON. 

